Improvement in peg-floats



A. SIMGOX. Peg-Float.

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Paten'td Aug. 6. |878.

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Mornqy- UNITED STATES PATENT EFICE.

ABRAHAM SIMGOX, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

IM PROVEMENT IN PEG-FLOATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 206,690, dated August6, 1878; application filed April 5, 1878.

To all whom it may concern f Be it known that I, ABRAHAM SIMcoX, of thecity and county of Jackson, and State of Michigan, have invented anImproved Peg- Float, of which the following is a specification:

The invention relates to machines for removing the projection of pegsfrom the inner sole of boots and shoes.

The invention consists of the combination of the peculiar-formed headwith its guards, shields, and cutters, and the method of trans mittingpower from the vertical shaft to the horizontal shaft in a machine, inmanner and for the purposes herein described.

In the accompanying drawing, in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure l is a perspective view of the device. Fig.2 is a section on a curved line of the centers of the train of gearing,showing the section of the bevel-gear and the elevation of the rest ofthe train and cutters. Fi g.3isasection showin gthe eleva-tion of theends of the train of gearing and cutters, with the form of the head andguard-springs. Fig. 4 is a spiral cutter on one end of the shaft, with aspiral conoid cutter removed from the other end of the shaft. Fig. 5 isthe box or bearing in which the vertical shaft revolves.

Fig. l shows the head, which, by its peculiar form, obviates thenecessity of the joint used in other machines for similar purposes,while it adapts it to all possible positions of the work, and protectsthe same from injury.

In Figs. 2 and 3 are shown the vertical shaft L, connected by thebevel-gear A, pinion B, and train C, D, E, and'F to the cutters G,through which motion is transmitted from the vertical shaft L to thecutters G.

In Fig. 3 the arrow shows the direction of the revolution of thecutters.

The guard-springs J, Figs. 1 and 3, may be either outside or between thecutters, or both, and are designed to gage the cut and protect the workfrom injury.

K, Fig. 3, is the throat for the escape of the cuttings, and Figs. 2 and4 show the straight cutters G and the spiral cutter H.

The spiral conoid cutter N is detached from the screw M, which is maderight-hand on one end and left-hand on the other end to hold themsecurely in place.

The cutters are made of different styles to adapt them to differentforms of work, and are made spiral, that by their drawing cut they maymake the work of holding the shoe in po sition easier.

The operation of the device is as follows: The operator places himselfbehind the ma chine when in motion, and slips the shoe over the head,guiding the shoe so that the cutters` will follow the line of pegs fromheel to toe, first on one side and then the other, using sufflcientpressure to sink the guard-sprin gs, so as to leave the insole clean andsmooth.

I claim- In a pegfloat, the combination, with the vertical shaft andtrain of gearing, of the cutters and curved head, provided with theguardsprings, all arranged as shown and described, for the purpose setforth.

ABRAHAM SIMCOX. L. s.]

Witnesses:

JOHN F. WING, MARTIN SCHOLL, J r.

